Allocation


 

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Allocation

An assignment of economic resources to uses. Thus, in general equilibrium, an assignment of factors to industries producing goods and services, together with the assignment of resulting final goods and services to consumers, within a country or throughout the world economy.



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Sector allocation

Sector allocation

Investment of certain proportions of a portfolio in certain sectors. See: Industry allocation.


Policy asset allocation

Policy asset allocation

Way in which an investor seeks to assess an appropriate long-term "normal" mix of assets that represents an ideal blend of controlled investor and enhanced investor.


Asset allocation mutual fund

Asset allocation mutual fund

A mutual fund that rotates among stocks, bonds, and money market securities to maximize return on investment and minimize risk.


Efficient allocation

Efficient allocation

An allocation that it is impossible unambiguously to improve upon, in the sense of producing more of one good without producing less of another.


Allocation notice

Allocation notice

A formal notification to the writer of an option from a clearing house that an option has been exercised by an option holder and that the writer is obliged to buy/sell the underlying instrument at the exercise price to meet his/her obligations.


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Industry allocation
asset allocation
Allocational efficiency
Allocation of income rules
Capital allocation decision


 
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